Today we honored the legacy of Luis Campuzano, a #Brigade2506 Bay of Pigs Tampa veteran who passed on recently. Luis was a humble man who lost his country at a young age & never lost his fighting spirit. GOP & Dems joined together to honor a Cuban-American hero. #PatriayVida 🇨🇺🇺🇸
Honored to stand with the brave veterans of Brigade 2506 on the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs. Their sacrifice and courage in fighting against tyranny and oppression will never be forgotten. #BayOfPigs #Brigade2506 #FreedomFighters
62 years ago today began the Bay of Pigs invasion by the heroes of #Brigade2506 . These men, so many who returned home to fight in Vietnam (like Tampa’s Col.
Orlando Rodriguez), will always be heroes who sought to liberate their homeland from a dictator. #patriayvida 🇨🇺🇺🇸
I had a special #Brigade2506 flag ready for my friend Col. Orlando Rodriguez, who came for our Vietnam Veterans Day event. This special forces Vietnam veteran also fought with honor in the Bay of Pigs as part of Brigade 2506. He’s a 🇨🇺🇺🇸 hero. #PatriayVida #welcomehome
Today I visited the home of my friend Col. Orlando Rodriguez & his wife Conchita. Col. Rodriguez is a proud #Brigade2506 veteran & today is always a painful day for him & so many. He’s the pride of so many Cuban-Americans in Tampa - including me. 🇨🇺🇺🇸 #patriayvida
Binder #2 of 3…research/notes for the epic nonfiction tale six years in the making. Done Monkeying around.
#writing #biography #authorsofinstagram #cubanhistory 🇨🇺 #monkey #brigade2506
The #BayofPigs veterans gave #JFK the flag of #Brigade2506 in an event at the Orange Bowl in Miami in December 1962. The flag, Kennedy said, would be returned to the brigade “in free Havana.”
In 1975, the Bay of Pigs Veterans’ Association sued for the return of the brigade flag;
62 years ago today, my father and his brothers in arms from the #Brigade2506 were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to see a free Cuba.
Their patriotism and love for Cuba will never be forgotten and we pray that, one day soon, we will see una #CubaLibre y soberana.
Once you understand that my father burned down his accounting firm in Havana to protect his friends and clients from Fidel Castro's brutal communist regime, you will understand me.
The revolution continues. #Brigade2506
Julio Gonzalez-Rebull
June 18,1936
January 7,2019
It’s been 4 years.
Sometimes we remember him with a smile and sometimes with a tear.
#Brigade2506 #VivaCubaLibre
Today we honor the brave members of #Brigade2506 who fought to free the Cuban people from the brutality and oppression of the Castro regime, with many of them suffering torture or even perishing in the struggle. Their remarkable legacy and valor to bring freedom, justice, and
Today, 62 years ago, my dad was flying military sorties over #PlayaGirón #BayofPigs as part of the #Brigade2506 .
Today, we remember the veterans of #Brigade2506 who conducted the Bay of Pigs invasion 62 years ago.
These brave Cubans took matters in their own hands to free their nation from socialism.
They didn't succeed in their goal, but they inspired a generation to fight for freedom.
WRCMF is proud to support our great Senator Rick Scott , the heroes of brigade 2506, and the Bay of Pigs museum.
#wrcmf #republican #republican women #miamirepublicans #rickscott #rickscott forsenate #bayofpigs #brigade2506
My father would have been 87 today.
With it being #FatherDay , it’s a double whammy of emptiness.
Papi, Happy Fathers Day and Happy Birthday!
You are missed!
#Brigade2506 #VivaCubaLibre